I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity. - Franz Kafka

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I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity.

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About Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a Bohemian-Jewish novelist, and one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century.

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Alternative Names: František Kafka • Kafka
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It occurs to me that I really can't remember your face in any precise detail. Only the way you walked away through the tables in the café, your figure, your dress, that I still see.
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